China's Lunar Base Plans Accelerate with Moon Soil Bricks and Robots.

China plans to construct a moon base using bricks of lunar soil with the help of advanced robotics and careful engineering. Over 100 experts have met to work out the details of the infrastructure requirements needed to build the base, which could be established before 2030. The concept of lunar bricks has been tested by scientists, who created a prototype of the projected China moon base using 3D-printed bricks of lunar soil. The mission, titled Chang'e-8, is scheduled to begin before 2028, with an additional mission in the works to study the far side of the moon as well, called the Chang'e-6.